Doug Campbell

The face of Benmun Damul, MPH, tells the story of her joy as she receives her hood as a Master of Public Health graduate from Don Brady, MD, as Amy Fleming, MD, MScHPE, looks on. (photo by Donn Jones)
May 13, 2025

Commencement 2025

Hundreds of Vanderbilt medical, nursing and graduate students took part in last week’s Commencement ceremonies.

Monica Santisteban, PhD
May 13, 2025

Monica Santisteban awarded grant from BrightFocus Foundation’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program

Santisteban’s research project will investigate whether the renin angiotensin system plays an important role in the progression of pathology in Alzheimer’s disease.

May 13, 2025

Study reveals sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers found that increased sedentary behavior in aging adults was associated with worse cognition and brain shrinkage in areas related to risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease.

By Stephanie Bryan
May 7, 2025

Vanderbilt Health showcases supply chain and professional accountability solutions at Becker’s 15th Annual Meeting 

Teams were able to engage with partners, share best practices and explore future opportunities to support improved outcomes and operational performance across health systems nationwide. 

By Christina Reyes
Team Vanderbilt turned out in force for the 2025 Wilson County Heart Walk. (photo by Donn Jones)
May 1, 2025

Photo gallery: Wilson County Heart Walk

The event supported heart health awareness and benefited the American Heart Association.

By Donn Jones
May 1, 2025

Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital continues its straight ‘A’ hospital safety designation from The Leapfrog Group   

This straight “A” designation honors the hospital for its continued preventive measures taken against harm.

April 16, 2025

2024 community impact

April 9, 2025

Tennessee Poison Center provides critical services and emergency support statewide

It offers guidance to the public and health care professionals on preventing and managing poisonings caused by exposure to drugs, chemicals, plants, animals and other substances.
By Sophie Raffo
April 7, 2025

Amanda Toye named division chief of Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology

Toye plans to expand community outreach programs to educate patients and health care providers about pain management options.
By Erin Wides
April 1, 2025

Eric Wallace named first vice chair of Community Radiology at VUMC

He is the first vice chair appointed to the Division of Community Radiology, which has grown rapidly since it was established in 2023
By Jackson Hicks
April 1, 2025

Castiglione lab discovers horses run faster by ignoring an ancient mutation that says ‘stop’

How did horses overcome this challenge? The answer seems to be by using a genetic trick previously thought to occur only in viruses.
By Andy Flick
March 27, 2025

Nicole Werner named director of the Center for Research and Innovation in Systems Safety

CRISS uses a wide range of human factors and systems engineering, cognitive psychology, biomedical informatics and implementation science techniques to study performance during patient care.
By Erin Wides